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Fifty years after the fall of Saigon, register to hear Professor Matthew Walsh discuss the important roles three Iowans played evacuating South Vietnam and Governor Robert Ray’s resettlement of Southe

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The regular quarterly meeting of the State Historical Society of Iowa Board of Trustees will be held from 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 26, 2025 and is open to the public.

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Register to join garden historian Beth Cody for a discussion of Iowa's first Japanese garden located in Burlington, Iowa, and the following history of Japanese gardens sprouting up around Iowa.

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The Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder have sold millions of copies since their publication in the first half of the twentieth century. Despite Wilder’s enduring popularity, few know much about her Christian beliefs and practices.

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Register to join Sara Huyser as she discusses bootlegging during the Prohibition Era in the early 19th century and how it led to the exciting and dramatic murder trial of Ira “Hard Boiled” Pavey in Sioux County in 19

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The regular quarterly meeting of the State Historical Society of Iowa Board of Trustees will be held from 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 26, 2025 and is open to the public.

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